WSL2 Notes
The Windows Subsystem for Linux , or WSL , is an optional feature of Windows 10 that allows Linux programs to run natively on Windows. WSL was designed by Microsoft in partnership with Canonical, the creators of Ubuntu . Together, they created a kernel compatibility layer based on Ubuntu. This compatibility layer allows Linux programs to run in a Windows 10 version of the Bash shell . Not all Linux programs can be used in WSL. Some low-level system tools, for example, require an actual Linux kernel to run correctly. Also, WSL is not intended to run GUI applications. Although it's possible to install the X11 window system under WSL, graphical programs are not guaranteed to work correctly, if at all. However, WSL comes with the software package tools apt and dpkg , which provides access to a thousands of command-line Linux applications. They can operate side-by-side w...